Need You Dead: Roy Grace, Book 13

A Bit Far-fetched but Tension Filled Dianne By my count, this is the 13th Roy Grace novel by Mr. James. They are always tension filled and well plotted, but sometimes, as in this case, there are a tad too many red herrings. Roy is a fair and good cop with a sense of humor and sense of loyalty to his team. He's likable. He, and the reader, suffered through his first wife's disappearance, his remarriage to Cleo, and now, his reunion with a son he. Lela said Desperation. This series of Roy Grace books always get me turning pages and sneaking moments to read just a little more. The characters are familiar by now and each book shows development in both work and personal relationships. The attention to police procedural detail is stellar. We can follow both the investigation and the thoughts of the unknown killer and then feel the panic when the killer's identity is disc. prisrob said How Much Can One Man Take. Detective Superintendent Ray Grace has had a pretty complicated and often miserable personal life. His wife, Sandy, left inexplicably over ten years ago, and has recently died. Grace finds he has a ten year old son, Bruno. Now, this is a peccadillo. Sandy was psychologically a mess, it seems, and Bruno her son is showing the same attributes. Does this man have no respite? He is happily remarried to Ch

At first it looks an open and shut case with a clear prime suspect. Lorna Belling, desperate to escape her marriage from hell, falls for the charms of another man who promises her the earth. Then other scenarios begin to present themselves, each of them tantalizingly plausible, until, in a sudden turn of events, and to his utter disbelief, the case turns more sinister than Grace could ever have imagined.. A chance photograph on a client's mobile phone changes everything for her. Roy Grace, creation of the CWA Diamond Dagger award-winning author Peter James, faces his most mysterious case yet in Need You Dead. When the body of a woman is found in a bath in Brighton, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to the scene. But, as Lorna finds, life seldom follows the plans you've made